Английская Википедия:2020 Liberty Flames football team

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The 2020 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Hugh Freeze and played their home games at Williams Stadium. The Flames competed as an FBS independent.

Schedule

Liberty had games scheduled against Bowling Green, North Carolina A&T, UConn, and UMass, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These games were partially replaced with new match-ups announced with Coastal Carolina and North Alabama. The games against NC State and Syracuse were rescheduled for different days for the 2020 season.

Because of an increased number of COVID-19 cases within the football program, Liberty University's medical staff decided to pause its football team's activities and cancel the game with Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina, scheduled for December 5. Ironically, the two teams were selected to play in the Cure Bowl at season's end, a match-up that Liberty won.

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Rankings

In week 5, Liberty received votes in the Coaches Poll for the first time in program history and the following week, they received votes in the AP Poll for the first time. In week 9, they were nationally ranked for the first time, when they were ranked at No. 25 in the AP Poll. They would spend 8 total weeks in the rankings, finishing at No. 17.

Game summaries

At Western Kentucky

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WKU −14.5	51.5

Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|Liberty	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|Western Kentucky
First downs	27	19
Total yards	487	291
Rushing yards	354	110
Passing yards	133	181
Turnovers	0	0
Time of possession	34:59	25:01

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|Liberty	Passing	Malik Willis	13/21, 133 yards
Rushing	Malik Willis	21 carries, 168 yards, 3 TDs
Receiving	CJ Yarbrough	2 receptions, 53 yards
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|Western Kentucky	Passing	Tyrrell Pigrome	18/25, 181 yards, 3 TDs
Rushing	Tyrrell Pigrome	14 carries, 74 yards
Receiving	Mitchell Tinsley	6 receptions, 69 yards, 1 TD

FIU

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LIB −7	59

Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|FIU	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Liberty
First downs	16	31
Total yards	304	527
Rushing yards	168	219
Passing yards	136	308
Turnovers	0	0
Time of possession	22:39	37:21

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|FIU	Passing	Stone Norton	9/13, 120 yards, 2 TDs
Rushing	D'Vonte Price	13 carries, 148 yards, 2 TDs
Receiving	Bryce Singleton	2 receptions, 50 yards, 1 TD
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|Liberty	Passing	Malik Willis	24/30, 285 yards, 2 TDs
Rushing	Joshua Mack	13 carries, 107 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	DJ Stubbs	8 receptions, 119 yards, 1 TD

North Alabama

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LIB −33	65

Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|North Alabama	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Liberty
First downs	14	22
Total yards	247	357
Rushing yards	63	250
Passing yards	184	107
Turnovers	3	1
Time of possession	32:10	27:50

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|North Alabama	Passing	Rett Files	15/24, 156 yards, 2 INTs
Rushing	Parker Driggers	7 carries, 55 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	Andre Little	1 reception, 47 yards
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|Liberty	Passing	Chris Ferguson	12/21, 64 yards, 3 TDs
Rushing	Joshua Mack	16 carries, 130 yards
Receiving	CJ Yarbrough	2 receptions, 43 yards

Louisiana–Monroe

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LIB −17	63.5

Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Louisiana–Monroe	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Liberty
First downs	10	20
Total yards	198	400
Rushing yards	78	180
Passing yards	120	220
Turnovers	3	2
Time of possession	27:49	32:11

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|Louisiana–Monroe	Passing	Colby Suits	13/29, 78 yards, 2 INTs
Rushing	Josh Johnson	13 carries, 51 yards
Receiving	Josh Pederson	2 receptions, 21 yards
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|Liberty	Passing	Malik Willis	11/29, 177 yards, 1 INT
Rushing	Malik Willis	13 carries, 87 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	DJ Stubbs	2 receptions, 69 yards

At Syracuse

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LIB −3.5	53

Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|Liberty	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Syracuse
First downs	24	19
Total yards	520	308
Rushing yards	338	97
Passing yards	182	211
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	36:24	23:36

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|Liberty	Passing	Malik Willis	16/20, 182 yards, 1 TD
Rushing	Shedro Louis	10 carries, 170 yards, 2 TDs
Receiving	DJ Stubbs	4 receptions, 58 yards, 1 TD
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|Syracuse	Passing	Rex Culpepper	19/40, 211 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
Rushing	Sean Tucker	21 carries, 111 yards
Receiving	Taj Harris	9 receptions, 96 yards, 1 TD

Southern Miss

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LIB −14	59.5

Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|Southern Miss	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Liberty
First downs	19	25
Total yards	416	537
Rushing yards	215	192
Passing yards	201	345
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	27:37	32:23

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|Southern Miss	Passing	Tate Whatley	15/26, 188 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Tate Whatley	12 carries, 52 yards, 4 TDs
Receiving	Jason Brownlee	5 receptions, 114, 1 TD
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|Liberty	Passing	Malik Willis	24/31, 345, 6 TDs
Rushing	Malik Willis	12 carries, 97 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	Demario Douglas	6 receptions, 115 yards, 1 TD

At Virginia Tech

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VT −17	67.5

Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|Liberty	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|Virginia Tech
First downs	29	24
Total yards	466	418
Rushing yards	249	201
Passing yards	217	217
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	37:27	22:33

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|Liberty	Passing	Malik Willis	20/30, 217 yards, 3 TDs
Rushing	Malik Willis	19 carries, 108 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	CJ Yarbrough	5 receptions, 65 yards, 1 TD
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|Virginia Tech	Passing	Hendon Hooker	20/27, 217 yards, 3 TDs
Rushing	Hendon Hooker	20 carries, 156 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	Tré Turner	6 receptions, 90 yards, 1 TD

The game featured a wild finish as Liberty got into field goal range with 8 seconds left to go in a 35–35 tie. Facing a 4th and 6 at the Virginia Tech 41-yard line, disaster appeared to strike when Liberty 59-yard field goal attempt was blocked and returned for a touchdown by Virginia Tech's Jermaine Waller with no time remaining. However, Virginia Tech had called a timeout to try to Icing the kicker before the play. Liberty then decided to go for it on fourth down, and got a 8-yard pass completion for a first down after Virginia Tech mistakenly thought that Flames would try a Hail Mary and went to a prevent defense. With 5 seconds remaining, the Flames converted a 51-yard field goal to win the game.

Western Carolina

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Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Western Carolina	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Liberty
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|Western Carolina	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|Liberty	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

At NC State

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Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|Liberty	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|NC State
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|Liberty	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|NC State	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

UMass

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Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|UMass	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|Liberty
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|UMass	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|Liberty	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

At Coastal Carolina

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Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell"|Liberty	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|Coastal Carolina
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Turnovers
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA secondary color cell; text-align:center;"|Liberty	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|Coastal Carolina	Passing
Rushing
Receiving